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Genesis 11
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The Tower of Babel...
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And all the earth had one languagee and one speech.
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And it came to be, as they set out from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shin'ar, and they dwelt there.
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And they said to each other, 'Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
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And they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over all the face of the earth.'
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Then YHWH came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
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And YHWH said, 'Look, they are one people and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do! And now, they are not going to be withheld from doing whatever they plan to do.
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'Come, let Us go there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand one another's speech.'
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And YHWH scattered them from there, over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
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That is why its name was called Babel, because there YHWH confused the language of all the earth, and from there YHWH scattered them over the face of all the earth.
From Shem to Abram...
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This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old and brought forth Arpakshad, two years after the flood.
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And after he brought forth Arpakshad, Shem lived five hundred years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Arpakshad lived thirty-five years, and brought forth Shelah.
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And after he brought forth Shelah, Arpakshad lived four hundred and three years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Shelah lived thirty years, and brought forth Eber.
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And after he brought forth Eber, Shelah lived four hundred and three years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Eber lived thirty-four years, and brought forth Peleg.
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And after he brought forth Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Peleg lived thirty years, and brought forth Re'u.
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And after he brought forth Re'u, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Re'u lived thirty-two years, and brought forth Serug.
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And after he brought forth Serug, Re'u lived two hundred and seven years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Serug lived thirty years, and brought forth Nahor.
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And after he brought forth Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and brought forth Terah.
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And after he brought forth Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
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And Terah lived seventy years, and brought forth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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And this is the genealogy of Terah: Terah brought forth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran brought forth Lot.
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And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milkah and the father of Yiskah.
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And Sarai was barren, she had no child.
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And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Kena'an. And they came to Haran and dwelt there.
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And the days of Terah came to be two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
Genesis 11
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Genesis 11
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